Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Gloomhaven (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Gloomhaven on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Blackguards, which both fantasy, strategy and difficult.
- Gloomhaven is tagged Online Co-Op, Dark Fantasy, Turn-Based Combat, Card Game, Turn-Based Strategy, Unforgiving, Tactical RPG, Class-Based by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 3 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Blackguards
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 11 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy.
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
Blackguards at a glance Released 2014 Studio Daedalic Entertainment Player sentiment 62% positive of 3,917 Price $0.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTacticalTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGIsometricDark Fantasy
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Strategy, RPG and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2018).
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden at a glance Released 2018 Studio The Bearded Ladies Player sentiment 90% positive of 20,534 Price $34.99 StrategyRPGTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based TacticsTacticalTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyDark Fantasy
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Marvel's Midnight Suns
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Turn-Based Tactics, Deckbuilding and Turn-Based Strategy; released around the same time (2022).
FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.
Marvel's Midnight Suns at a glance Released 2022 Studio Firaxis Games Player sentiment 82% positive of 24,314 Price $59.99 Turn-Based TacticsDeckbuildingTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGTurn-Based CombatCard GameTacticalRPG
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Across the Obelisk
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Card Game and RPG; released around the same time (2022).
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
Across the Obelisk at a glance Released 2022 Studio Dreamsite Games Player sentiment 80% positive of 13,086 Price $19.99 StrategyCard GameRPGDeckbuildingTurn-BasedDifficultClass-BasedTurn-Based Combat
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Mordheim: City of the Damned
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Tactical, RPG and Turn-Based.
Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.
Mordheim: City of the Damned at a glance Released 2015 Studio Rogue Factor Player sentiment 70% positive of 8,422 Price $19.99 TacticalRPGTurn-BasedStrategyDark FantasyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based Strategy
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Monster Train
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Card Game, Turn-Based Tactics and Deckbuilding; released around the same time (2020).
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Monster Train at a glance Released 2020 Studio Shiny Shoe Player sentiment 96% positive of 22,925 Price $24.99 Card GameTurn-Based TacticsDeckbuildingTurn-Based StrategyStrategyDifficultTurn-Based CombatRPG
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The Last Spell
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and RPG; released around the same time (2023).
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
The Last Spell at a glance Released 2023 Studio Ishtar Games Player sentiment 91% positive of 13,649 Price $6.24 StrategyTurn-Based StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTacticalTurn-Based CombatTurn-BasedTactical RPG
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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics and Tactical; released around the same time (2022).
Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters at a glance Released 2022 Studio Complex Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 14,719 Price $44.99 Turn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTacticalStrategy3DTurn-Based CombatDark FantasyRPG
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Eador. Masters of the Broken World
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and Turn-Based.
Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.
Eador. Masters of the Broken World at a glance Released 2013 Studio Snowbird Games Player sentiment 68% positive of 2,811 Price $19.99 StrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedRPGTacticalDifficultTurn-Based TacticsTactical RPG
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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2018).
MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus at a glance Released 2018 Studio Bulwark Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 14,603 Price $29.99 StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatTurn-BasedTacticalTurn-Based StrategyRPGDifficult
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The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based Tactics and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2020).
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos at a glance Released 2020 Studio Artefacts Studio Player sentiment 87% positive of 8,064 Price $5.24 RPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based StrategyTacticalDifficult
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Expeditions: Rome
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 10 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Turn-Based Strategy; released around the same time (2022).
Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?
Expeditions: Rome at a glance Released 2022 Studio Logic Artists Player sentiment 87% positive of 6,755 Price $44.99 RPGStrategyTurn-Based StrategyParty-Based RPGTurn-Based TacticsTactical RPG3DTactical
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GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Card Game and RPG; released around the same time (2020).
Command mighty Witcher-world heroes in epic online PvP card battles!
GWENT: The Witcher Card Game at a glance Released 2020 Studio CD PROJEKT RED Player sentiment 86% positive of 27,710 Price Free StrategyCard GameRPGDeckbuildingTurn-BasedDifficultBoard Game
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Iratus: Lord of the Dead
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2020).
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Iratus: Lord of the Dead at a glance Released 2020 Studio Unfrozen Player sentiment 86% positive of 8,251 Price $2.99 RPGStrategyTurn-Based CombatDark FantasyTurn-BasedTurn-Based TacticsDifficult
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Wasteland 3
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 10 player tags including RPG, Tactical RPG and Party-Based RPG; released around the same time (2020).
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
Wasteland 3 at a glance Released 2020 Studio inXile Entertainment Player sentiment 85% positive of 22,363 Price $39.99 RPGTactical RPGParty-Based RPGTurn-Based TacticsIsometricTurn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based Combat
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Armello
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Board Game, Turn-Based Strategy and Card Game.
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
Armello at a glance Released 2015 Studio League of Geeks Player sentiment 82% positive of 16,058 Price $9.99 Board GameTurn-Based StrategyCard GameTurn-BasedStrategyRPGDark Fantasy3D
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The Last Remnant
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Turn-Based Strategy.
Mitra, yama, qsiti, sovani... These four races exist in one world. A world filled with Remnants — mysterious artifacts from an ancient era. Who created the Remnant? How long ago? And for what purpose? With these questions left unanswered, the Remnants became beneficial tools used for the good of civilization. The world was at peace...
The Last Remnant at a glance Released 2009 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 81% positive of 4,135 Price Not listed RPGTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyStrategyTurn-Based TacticsDifficultTacticalTurn-Based Combat
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Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Combat and Turn-Based.
Outplay your opponent with simultaneous turns and commander-driven deck-building in a fully free-to-play PvP experience. Build your deck from 1000+ cards across 8 unique factions, and face opponents on a truly level playing field. In Infinity Wars, skill is the only factor that determines victory!
Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game at a glance Released 2014 Studio Lightmare Studios Player sentiment 77% positive of 3,466 Price Free Turn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatTurn-BasedBoard GameCard GameTurn-Based StrategyStrategyDeckbuilding
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Library Of Ruina
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Card Game, Strategy and Difficult; released around the same time (2021).
"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.
Library Of Ruina at a glance Released 2021 Studio ProjectMoon Player sentiment 94% positive of 44,826 Price $29.99 Card GameStrategyDifficultDeckbuildingTurn-Based CombatTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyRPG
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For The King
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Online Co-Op and Strategy; released around the same time (2018).
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
For The King at a glance Released 2018 Studio IronOak Games Player sentiment 88% positive of 43,739 Price $19.99 RPGOnline Co-OpStrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based StrategyParty-Based RPGBoard Game
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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Turn-Based Strategy, Dark Fantasy and Turn-Based Tactics; released around the same time (2023).
Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader at a glance Released 2023 Studio Owlcat Games Player sentiment 88% positive of 47,744 Price $49.99 Turn-Based StrategyDark FantasyTurn-Based TacticsStrategyRPGTurn-BasedTurn-Based CombatOnline Co-Op
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Invisible, Inc.
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Difficult, Turn-Based Tactics and Isometric.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Invisible, Inc. at a glance Released 2015 Studio Klei Entertainment Player sentiment 91% positive of 5,778 Price $19.99 DifficultTurn-Based TacticsIsometricStrategyTactical RPGTacticalTurn-BasedTurn-Based Strategy
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Artifact
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Deckbuilding, Card Game and Strategy; released around the same time (2018).
Artifact now features two games: Artifact Classic, the original Dota 2 trading card game, and Artifact Foundry, a special edition with streamlined gameplay, new cards, new single-player content, and an improved new player experience.
Artifact at a glance Released 2018 Studio Valve Player sentiment 47% positive of 24,768 Price Free DeckbuildingCard GameStrategyTacticalTurn-Based StrategyDifficultTurn-Based
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Metaphor: ReFantazio
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based Combat and Turn-Based Strategy; released around the same time (2024).
After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.
Metaphor: ReFantazio at a glance Released 2024 Studio ATLUS Player sentiment 90% positive of 42,897 Price $69.99 RPGTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based StrategyDark FantasyParty-Based RPGStrategyTurn-Based Tactics3D
Common questions
What game is most like Gloomhaven?
Blackguards, on the evidence we have. It both fantasy, strategy and difficult. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Gloomhaven" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Gloomhaven. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.